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Zimbabwe faces new threat from AI voice cloning scams
Last month, a disturbing case emerged from Canada where fraudsters used artificial intelligence to clone the voices of elderly Americans' grandchildren. Between 2021 and 2024, the ring targeted senior...Published: 7 hrs ago | 80 | by Staff reporter
Standoff erupts between Zimpapers board and management
A major standoff has erupted between the Zimpapers board and management, and three former company executives dismissed in January over allegations of corruption and fraud, as the board insists no exit...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 09:41hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Forensic expert links Bulawayo deputy mayor to 'bribery list'
A forensic handwriting expert has told a local court that Bulawayo deputy mayor Edwin Ndlovu authored a document allegedly listing councillors earmarked to receive a US$20,000 bribe from a company see...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 09:02hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Zimpapers pension fund under probe
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has launched an investigation into the Zimpapers Pension Fund amid allegations of mismanagement of employees' contributions and questionable sales of com...Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 12:37hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Manyere, Nyengedza at centre of SA company collapse
Two prominent Zimbabwean businessmen, George Manyere and Godwin Nyengedza, are at the heart of the dramatic collapse of Afristrat Investment Holdings - a South African financial services firm formerly...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 17:15hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
President Lungu murdered by drug cartels in South Africa?
As we wait for the court proceedings regarding Advocate Chagwa Lungu's resting place, so many conspiracy theories are unfolding, some of which are unsettling. Before South African courts on the 4th of...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 19:32hrs | 1929 | by Nomazulu Thata
The Tide is Turning - Israel's War on Gaza Under Global Moral Siege
A profound shift is underway. For nearly two years, Israel's relentless military offensive in Gaza has unfolded under a fog of impunity, shielded by the language of self-defense, the memory of histori...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 16:42hrs | 190 | by Fikile wa Motsamai
Biti demands judicial inquiry into Trabablas Interchange project
Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has called for a forensic audit and the establishment of a judicial commission of inquiry into the staggering US$114 million cost of the newly commissioned Trababla...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 18:18hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, UAE sign health cooperation deal
Zimbabwe has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) aimed at transforming and strengthening healthcare systems in both countries through wide-ranging c...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 10:11hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Mystery shrouds death of Headman Mapanzure's wife
The Mapanzure community in Nyajena has been left reeling in grief and confusion following the tragic and mysterious death of Lucy Chanhuwa (67), the wife of respected traditional leader Headman Mapanz...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 15:13hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious car fires destroy 4 vehicles
A wave of mysterious vehicle fires has struck the Chiwaridzo suburb of Bindura again, leaving four cars destroyed on Thursday morning and raising alarm among residents who fear they are being targeted...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 20:56hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
Trabablas Interchange scandal deepens
The cost of constructing the controversial Trabablas Traffic Interchange in Harare has surged to US$114 million, sparking a storm in Parliament amid growing concerns over fiscal transparency and poten...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 21:10hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council hit by US$82,000 bitumen scandal
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has been rocked by yet another corruption scandal, this time involving the mysterious disappearance of 285 drums of bitumen - vital road construction material - worth o...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:08hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbery charges dropped
After intense back-and-forth between the police and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), prosecutors have dropped armed robbery charges against two men previously linked to the sensational US$4 m...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 04:02hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Ousted NSSA boss tags Mnangagwa in letter blasting ministerial move
Emmanuel Fundira, the recently dismissed chairperson of the National Social Security Authority (Nssa), has mounted a bold legal challenge against his abrupt termination, casting a spotlight on governa...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 12:29hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Musicians call for reforms at Zimura
The conviction of Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA) Executive Director Polisile Ncube Chimhini on fraud charges has reignited calls for sweeping reforms at the country's primary music rights ...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 09:19hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Kumalo headmistress' fraud case postponed to August
The trial date for Kumalo Primary School headmistress Stella Mhlanga remains uncertain after the State once again requested a postponement, citing incomplete police investigations. The case has now be...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 18:28hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested over 203 violent crimes
Police have arrested a 29-year-old man, Tafadzwa Janyure Zimirenyika, in connection with a shocking spree of 203 violent crimes committed across Masvingo Province since 2023.Zimirenyika was ap...Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 15:10hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Robbery cases increasing across Zimbabwe
A surge in violent armed robberies has gripped Zimbabwe, with police confirming two major heists in Mt Darwin and Bulawayo that have left authorities scrambling to track down suspects behind the braze...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 18:22hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Zimura boss convicted of fraud
The Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA), Polisile Ncube, has been convicted of fraud following a court appearance in Harare today. She was remanded in custody and is e...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 17:16hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Vumbachikwe Mine moves to evict workers still occupying company houses after 2022 closure
GWANDA, Matabeleland South - Management at the struggling Vumbachikwe Mine has filed court summons seeking the eviction of two workers from company-owned houses, despite hundreds of others still occup...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:25hrs | 439 | by Stephen Jakes
Explosive corruption report handed to Mnangagwa
A political firestorm is erupting at Town House following the submission of a damning report to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, which exposes endemic corruption, systemic mismanagement, and the virtual ...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 11:29hrs | 2563 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's health system profits from the dead
Blessing Mucharambei's uncle was just having lunch when he stood up, then collapsed. "[He] started bleeding from the nose," she says, "and died on the spot."As far as his family knew, he had no he...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 08:03hrs | 352 | by Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe
Man (75) strangled over witchcraft allegations
Two brothers from Njere Village under Chief Garahwa in Chipinge have been arrested for allegedly murdering a 75-year-old villager whom they accused of witchcraft, in a chilling case that has shocked t...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 13:29hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Manager up for stealing employer's cash
A 42-year-old manager at Lingwale Enterprises in Plumtree, Sipho Ndlovu, has been arrested and dragged before the courts for allegedly embezzling over R621,000 from his employer in a sophisticated sch...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 10:10hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo gifts his lawyer a 2024 Mercedes-Benz E300
Flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo has once again made headlines after gifting his lawyer, Advocate Edley Mubaiwa, a brand-new 2024 Mercedes-Benz E300 as a token of appreciation for his legal bri...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 10:02hrs | 3019 | by Staff reporter
Tenant's sons burn landlord's house
Mutare Magistrate Poterai Gwezhira will preside over the trial of two men, Solomon (21) and God'swill Tafara Takaendesa (23), who are facing charges of negligently causing serious damage to property u...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:44hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Cop flogs suspect to death at station
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer stationed at Ruwa, Constable Prince Ndavambi (Force Number 078641D), is at the centre of a serious investigation after allegedly beating a suspect, Blessed Bel...Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:06hrs | 1099 | by Staff reporter
Trabablas immortalised?
Yesterday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially inaugurated the Trabablas Interchange, a flagship US$88 million infrastructure project designed to transform north-south traffic flow in Harare by re...Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:05hrs | 1864 | by Staff reporter
White student found not guilty after urinating on black student's belongings
Theuns du Toit, the former Stellenbosch University student caught on camera urinating on a fellow student's belongings, has been found not guilty on all charges.Du Toit, whose actions were cap...Published: 28 May 2025 at 11:21hrs | 1375 | by Staff reporter
'Femme Fatale' and 2 accomplices in Bulawayo armed robbery horror
A suspected love triangle turned criminal gang is facing serious charges after allegedly hijacking an indrive driver, gagging him at gunpoint, and locking him in the boot of his own car in a shocking ...Published: 26 May 2025 at 07:55hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
How the NRZ Can Fund Zimbabwe's Pensioners on Its Own
As Zimbabweans, do we pause to look inward and realise that some of the solutions we desperately seek already lie within our own institutions. The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) stands as a t...Published: 24 May 2025 at 23:02hrs | 427 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Witness incriminates Ministry of Industry and Commerce officials
The trial of three Ministry of Industry and Commerce officials accused of issuing fraudulent vehicle import licences to over 200 unqualified individuals resumed this week, with damning forensic eviden...Published: 24 May 2025 at 09:21hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
No, Mr. Chivayo, it's not your money, it's ours!
It's mind-boggling how easily some people slip into delusion.Wicknell Chivayo's recent outburst on social media - declaring that he has no obligation to assist public hospitals and can do what...Published: 20 May 2025 at 21:36hrs | 1472 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Alleged drug dealer seeks investigation findings
Tyron Pigors Siegfried, a suspected drug dealer arrested for illegal possession of 1.6 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine valued at approximately US$6,000, has filed a court application demanding ...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:22hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
George Guvamatanga gave company 'illegal' bank guarantee on $20 million loan
Treasury secretary George Guvamatanga has been accused of providing an "illegal and unconstitutional" bank guarantee for a US$20 million loan to a seed company linked to command agriculture corruption...Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 20:32hrs | 6603 | by Staff reporter
Person burnt beyond recognition in inferno
Police in Masvingo Province have launched an investigation following a tragic incident in which an unidentified person was burnt beyond recognition in a house fire in Chiredzi.The incident occ...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 09:36hrs | 1317 | by Staff reporter
Zimpapers faces US$13 million scandal amid Audit revelations
A shocking internal audit at Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Ltd (Zimpapers), the country's largest and oldest media conglomerate, has uncovered a potential US$13 million misappropriation of funds, raising...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 12:57hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Man forges mother's will to seize US$181,000 estate
A 50-year-old Kariba man, Gregory Graham Hall, has appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court facing serious allegations of forging his late mother's will in a scheme to illegally acquire her entire es...Published: 10 Apr 2025 at 09:00hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Mystery over council's vanished US$4,5m loan deepens
A forensic audit has revealed that Harare City Council's US$4.5 million loan to Harare Quarry Private Limited was advanced without a formal agreement, raising concerns over governance and financial mi...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 08:16hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Elderly Bulawayo couple sentenced for exploiting bank glitch
An elderly couple from Bulawayo, who took advantage of a technical glitch at Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe to embezzle over US$30,000, has been sentenced to seven years in prison.Frank Sibanda and his...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:06hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
Prison officers up for murder following fatal assault
Four members of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) have been charged with murder following the alleged brutal assault of a visitor at a Government building in Harare, which resulted...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:15hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, India continue strengthening educational and technological relations
Zimbabwe and India have continued to strengthen their bilateral relations through collaborative cooperation in the fields of technology, trade and educational exchange programmes, the recent Indian Te...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 15:13hrs | 248 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Makomo set to bounce back from curatorship
Makomo Resources, one of Zimbabwe's major players in the coal mining sector, is set to emerge from corporate rescue next week after nearly four years under administration.The company, which op...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 11:58hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police detective killed by friendly fire?
A Bulawayo police detective, who tragically died in a shootout with armed robbers, was killed by a police bullet, her family has revealed. Detective Constable Cassandra Hove, 37, was shot in the left ...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:23hrs | 2232 | by Staff reporter
Detective Constable Hove mourned after tragic shooting
The Officer Commanding Bulawayo Province, Commissioner Jasper Chizemo, and colleagues of the late Detective Constable Cassandra Hove (37) have described her as a courageous and dedicated officer whose...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:15hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans shine in the UK
Zimbabwean national Edwin Ndlovu, the Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive of the East London National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, has been honored with a Member of the Order ...Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 13:01hrs | 1570 | by Staff reporter
VOA journalist takes justice into her own hands in Bulawayo
Bulawayo-based journalist Annahstacia Ndlovu, a correspondent for Voice of America (VOA), was forced to take matters into her own hands last week when she encountered one of the men who allegedly assa...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 16:55hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster in court over forgery allegations
The headmaster of Sojini Secondary School in Mbembesi, Matabeleland North, Themba Nyoni, appeared in court on Thursday facing charges of forging documents to withdraw US$1,220 from school funds....Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 09:23hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Bank manager grilled in Gono fraud case
The trial of a Harare couple accused of fraudulently altering the directorship of Valley Lodges, a property linked to former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono, continued on Friday, w...Published: 16 Feb 2025 at 07:47hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
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